Pharque-it:Have not the scientists of intelligent design been working on that miracle for hundreds of years?And it still has not happened once.....

Difficulty: we've only really understood what DNA looked like for a little over 70 years, and have only sequenced genomes for entire organisms for a couple of decades. It's the basically the same reason we haven't cured cancer: genetic level biology is freaking complicated. It makes rocket science look trivial in comparison.

Mad_Radhu:Pharque-it: Have not the scientists of intelligent design been working on that miracle for hundreds of years?And it still has not happened once.....

Difficulty: we've only really understood what DNA looked like for a little over 70 years, and have only sequenced genomes for entire organisms for a couple of decades. It's the basically the same reason we haven't cured cancer: genetic level biology is freaking complicated. It makes rocket science look trivial in comparison.

My bad, I totally misunderstood what you meant by the scientists of intelligent design. Nevermind.

gozar_the_destroyer:Suckmaster Burstingfoam: gozar_the_destroyer: Suckmaster Burstingfoam: gozar_the_destroyer: We can talk about doing this, yet we can't think about getting to the planet right next to us?

What's so great about Venus?

What's so great about climbing Mt. Everest? Or running an Ironman race? Or writing a novel?

\carpe diem

All of those things are usually done on a planet where lead isn't molten on the surface.

Sounds like a challenge. A lander from the Russians lasted long enough to send back a picture. I bet we could get a rover or aircraft of some form to work now.

gozar_the_destroyer:Suckmaster Burstingfoam: gozar_the_destroyer: Suckmaster Burstingfoam: gozar_the_destroyer: We can talk about doing this, yet we can't think about getting to the planet right next to us?

What's so great about Venus?

What's so great about climbing Mt. Everest? Or running an Ironman race? Or writing a novel?

\carpe diem

All of those things are usually done on a planet where lead isn't molten on the surface.

Sounds like a challenge. A lander from the Russians lasted long enough to send back a picture. I bet we could get a rover or aircraft of some form to work now.

I like the idea of using balloons to stay in the open atmosphere of Venus.

wildcardjack:gozar_the_destroyer: Suckmaster Burstingfoam: gozar_the_destroyer: Suckmaster Burstingfoam: gozar_the_destroyer: We can talk about doing this, yet we can't think about getting to the planet right next to us?

What's so great about Venus?

What's so great about climbing Mt. Everest? Or running an Ironman race? Or writing a novel?

\carpe diem

All of those things are usually done on a planet where lead isn't molten on the surface.

Sounds like a challenge. A lander from the Russians lasted long enough to send back a picture. I bet we could get a rover or aircraft of some form to work now.

I like the idea of using balloons to stay in the open atmosphere of Venus.

gozar_the_destroyer:We can talk about doing this, yet we can't think about getting to the planet right next to us?

I think we can, it's just about finances, and necessity. If we HAD to get a new probe to Venus, or put a person on Mars within 5/10 years or we'd be punished by intergalactic spacelords I think we could do something very quickly. Point is we don't need to. Sure we'd all like to, except those in charge of the purse strings.